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    "id": 373573,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I also wish to support this Procedural Motion really out of necessity. I am a Member of that Committee and it is apparent that unless the House takes action of shortening the time of publication we might run into a crisis. It is important to note that although the Government is new and the Cabinet Secretary is hardly in office for more than two months, there has been lethargy or lack of action on the part of Government bureaucracy. This Act was supposed to have come into force within six months from the date of assent by the President. The Government bureaucracy has been inert since that time. It is shocking to realize that just a week to the expiry of that time the Government comes to the realization that it needs more time to effect this Act. As we give room for these Acts to come into effect, I think we need to sound a warning to the Government bureaucracy or the Civil Service. They need to take their work seriously. The reasons being given are that there was elections; there was a transition and so on. These are all excuses. We have had Permanent Secretaries in charge of fisheries, agriculture and livestock all this time. Officers have been in place. I support this Motion, but in future the Government bureaucracy needs to take its work seriously. We are also aware that since this Act is going to have an effect of collapsing a number of parastatals, certain people within the Ministry and parastatals are frustrating this particular Act because they want to safeguard their interests. They want to protect their turfs. This House must come out very clear and strongly---"
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